Sorry to hear. Hope you feel better soon.
I’m not averse to Thanksgiving for 1, but I also think this is the most inclusive holiday of all if you decide want to spend it with others (speaking from my own experience).
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Thanksgiving dinner for one. I’ll have to think about this. But I would probably have something that I really loved but seldom ate. Sweetbreads? Veal chop? Kidneys in mustard sauce? RABBIT!? I love rabbit but balk at paying $45 for a small-medium one. Maybe if it were for Thanksgiving…
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Thanksgiving doesn’t have to be about turkey. In fact, it should never be about the turkey, or any food.
Thanksgiving should be about being deliberately cognizant of all that we have, and all that we have to cherish and be grateful for.
I’ve said this in another post on HO, but bears repeating here.
Whether it’s just the two of us, or a table of 10, at our house we start off every Thanksgiving meal with one plain bowl of rice. It’s a simple but effective reminder of the bountiful feast that we have, and how grateful we should be of that feast (be it a turkey, or, in our case a hot pot of some sort). There are so many in this world where that one bowl of plain rice would be their feast.
So maybe just sit down with your loved one, eat a meal that both of you love and enjoy, and simply savor and cherish the moment of simply being together.
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It’s about being grateful for the fall harvest, too, so that is why my Thanksgiving will always have Cranberry sauce, stuffing and pumpkin pie
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And ice cream.
We always have ice cream at Thanksgiving.
Heck, now that I think about it, we kind of always have ice cream. 
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^ This, absolutely! Exactly what we look forward to.
On the other hand, the dog looks forward to tasting mashed potatoes. So there’s that.
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We eat turkey throughout the year and so, having to have a turkey on Thanksgiving gets tiring, too. (My favorite turkey dish is a turkey parmigiana) We’ve had other featured mains in past years with great results and satisfaction.
One of our relatives used to go all out on t-day with the Godzilla sized turkey, the spiral sliced, sugar infused ham, the Norwegian style meatballs (homemade, not Ikea) and some kind of canned tuna with noodles ‘hot dish’. 
She looooved doing this. All the attendees brought the appies, the sides and the desserts and there was enough food to feed several surrounding states.
She has gone on to the big kitchen stove in the sky, may she rest in peace. I’m sure they’re being fed well up there.
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I’ve had some solo Thanksgivings, and a Thanksgiving on a roll sandwich or slice of pumpkin pie is a comfort when you can’t have family with you.
Our Thanksgivings have been small for close to a decade.
We used to do a 20 person Thanksgiving , Christmas and Easter with close family friends until 10 years ago, when their youngest daughter had some twins. They had 4 kids, 3 sons-in-law, 1 daughter-in-law, a step grandkid, an elderly in-law, a couple stragglers and 4 grandkids up until that year, when grandsons 5 and 6 gave a reason to change the pattern. Interestingly, the same friends downsized houses about 5 years ago, so they aren’t hosting big get-togethers anymore. Their kids now host the gatherings, and often 1 or 2 of their sibling’s families are not present.
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I love the smell of the turkey roasting in the oven.
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I remember heading for the country for Thanksgiving. Husband and son said they had no interest in pumpkin pie, so none was planned. As we were driving through the last small town en route, I yelled, “Stop the car!” and dashed into a diner that was still open. I ordered one piece of pumpkin pie to go, and told the waitress my story. She paused, then cut me a huge, like double, slice, and wished me a very Happy Thanksgiving, and I did the same to her.
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I love the smell of pie in the oven even more. 
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I have a hard time thinking of any cooking smells I don’t like. Since the weekend our stove has cranked out BB, croutons, vegetable stock, and bread plus meals. Heck, I even like the smell of artichokes steaming!
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Dithering about it, as usual. There will be seven of us, at my house. I will definitely keep it simple.
Kinda curious about trying stuffing balls instead of a pan after seeing them for sale in the Amish markets in PA last weekend. I like the crispy bits the best so seems like balls would be ideal.
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The balls do dry out easily, keep that in mind. There’s crispy, and then there’s the sensation of eating salty sawdust 
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Highly recommend. We love them. Crispy outside, moist inside.
I’m going to make the day before again, and they’ll reheat while the turkey rests.
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Cabbage
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Lamb
And that’s why, when my Mom was still living on her own and I was cooking T’giving dinner for the two of us, we’d only do a turkey breast. That’s what I’ll pick up tomorrow as well, since I’m going to my sister’s SIL’s house on Turkey Day. I still want leftovers, so I’ll cook for myself on the Saturday after.
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I think there’s enough there for a whole thread 
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Does anyone use a roasting bag to cook their turkey? WaPo dedicated 3/4 of a page to describing this method in today’s dead tree edition.
My only roasting bag experience was back in college when I went to a friend’s mom’s place. The family was wonderful but not good cooks. We stuck the turkey in the bag and went out for a few hours. I don’t know who was supposed to watch the time but by the time the bird came out of the oven it had essentially fallen apart. Surprisingly, it wasn’t as bad as you’d think - not at all dry. But no crispy skin which is, for me, about the best part of the day.
